Roos audrey kelley (10 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. In protective mylar cover. (Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Includes dust jacket. Wear and creases to the jacket. Pages are tanning.

Condizione: VERY GOOD. First UK printing. A standalone thriller by this husband and wife team originally published in the US under the title "Requiem for a Blonde." The authors were best known for their breezy mysteries featuring amateur detectives (or meddlers) Jeff and his actress wife Haila Troy. Several women who had been dancers in a somewhat scandalous show are invited for an annual reunion on MarthaÕs Vineyard by one of the backers, nicknamed Bobo. This year murder follows them to the island. 189 pp. Very good in black cloth with light blue lettering to the spine (name on front endpaper, some toning to the pages, no dust jacket.). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1940 hardcover release among others) first printing of a fine softcover with no jacket as issued. The 1st novel in the Jeff & Haila Troy detective team, comedy/mystery series, he's a photographer, and she's a former actress, amateur sleuths, operating in New York City NY USA.…

Condizione: VERY GOOD. First printing. Mystery by this husband and wife team set in New York City. "Madge Erskine expected her perfect wedding anniversary party to be capped by a perfect crime, the murder of her husband. Her hired killers were professionals, prepared for any emergency except one - a witness who got away." A Red Badge Mystery. 185 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket (slight spine slant, hint of foxing to endpapers, creasing on front cover of dj, sunning to spine).…

Condizione: FINE. 2nd printing. The final mystery by this husband and wife team, set on the island where they themselves live during the summer. The story of a woman who returns to the island three years after she was acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband, even though many islanders still believed in her guilt. Determined to prove her innocence she hires an aging private detective. SIGNED on the half title page by both authors and uncommon thus. 197 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Audrey Newell. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. - 182 pages, the usual suspenseful mystery from this husband and wife team, this one a murder, pot smoking hippies, a psychopath hitch hiker, etc - a fine tight copy in near fine photographic dj, white and bright, faintly rubbed, near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Muni (illustratore).…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely first edition of this entertaining and witty murder mystery novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.An uncommon work.Published in the U.S. as 'The Blonde Died Dancing'.'She Died Dancing' sees a beautiful young woman murdered as she is in pursuit of someone else's husband.Written by the husband and wife duo Audrey and William Roos, who wrote together under the pseudonym Kelley Roos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper with minor edgewear. Minor marks to the wraps. Spots to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Near Fine. None (illustratore). book.…

Condizione: GOOD. First UK printing. Mystery by this husband and wife team originally published in the US under the title "The Blonde Died Dancing." The authors were best known for their breezy mysteries featuring amateur detectives (or meddlers) Jeff and his actress wife Haila Troy, and while this novel does not feature the Troys by name, it grew out of a novella which did. Basis for the movie "Come Dance with Me" starring Bridget Bardot (in which Connie Barton was once again renamed as Haila Troy) INSCRIBED "for the Liverights" by both authors on the front endpaper with the cryptic notations "C.O.D" and "pd 21/9/58" Books signed by the Roos are very uncommon. 192 pp. Good in good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, some chipping and edgewear to the dustjacket.) Still a decent copy of an inexpensively produced book with rather striking art on the front cover of the dustjacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. 1st UK Edition. 8vo., 189pp. Sharp First British Edition of this Jeff & Haila Troy Mystery. Originally published by Dodd, Mead in 1942. Bound in black cloth with titles in green on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some spotting to the fore-edge. but very well-preserved. Little or no toning. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (8/6 net), has some mild edge-wear and a few faint surface creases. Small closed edge-tear on the top of the front hinge. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or toning. A very pretty collectable copy and surprisingly quite scarce. certainly much less common than the US edition and it looks like this is the only copy currently in commerce.…